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Five More Ways Sports Coaches Model Good Instruction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Oct 2003

Five More Ways Sports Coaches Model Good Instruction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

An article in the May 2003 issue of The Teaching Professor that highlights six ways teachers can learn from coaches got us thinking. The two of us have now been teaching a combined 64 years in college, and we've spent half that time serving as coaches in soccer, swimming, basketball, and baseball on the youth and high school levels. From our experience we've identified five more ways coaches provide a model for good college instruction.


More Than A Place, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Aug 2003

More Than A Place, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Many stories fail to capture the reader's interest even though they have a clear point of view, well-rounded characters and an interesting plot. What's missing? One key element that writers frequently overlook is setting. They treat it merely as backdrop.


Draw Play, Hal Charles Apr 2003

Draw Play, Hal Charles

Charlie Sweet

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The Ties That Bind, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Feb 2003

The Ties That Bind, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Discusses the bond between the readers and characters of a story. Information on how to create a character for a story; Background on some characters of a story, including Lady Macbeth in the book 'Heart of Darkness,' by Joseph Conrad; Details of some specific character traits that create a bond with readers.


Of Blockheads And Elitists, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Of Blockheads And Elitists, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Moody's Blues, Hal Charles Dec 2002

Moody's Blues, Hal Charles

Charlie Sweet

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Death Imagery In Bobbie Ann Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Death Imagery In Bobbie Ann Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Hawthorne's Dating Problem In "The Scarlet Letter", Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Hawthorne's Dating Problem In "The Scarlet Letter", Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

This article explores the dating problem in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter. In The Custom House, Hawthorne relates how he discovers several foolscap sheets written by a predecessor, Mr. Surveyor Pue, about Hester Prynne. These six sheets supposedly offer two types of accounts about Hester: aged persons, alive in the time of Pue and from whose oral testimony he had made up his narrative, remembered her, in their youth and those who had heard the tale from contemporary witnesses. A dating problem arises with the first group. Critics concur that historical documents place the events in The Scarlet Letter …


"Shiloh": A Mini-Casebook Approach To Upper-Division Literature Courses, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

"Shiloh": A Mini-Casebook Approach To Upper-Division Literature Courses, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Shows how the mini-casebook approach, with a few modifications, works well with upper-division writing assignments. Notes that a mini-casebook approach is nothing more than a self-published document including a primary work of literature, selected secondary sources on that work, and a selection of several specified topics on the primary source. Presents eight suggestions for implementing the mini-casebook approach


Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Mason's 'Shiloh', Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Pop Goes The Culture, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Pop Goes The Culture, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

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Hemingway's "The Killers", Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

Hemingway's "The Killers", Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

In his seminal study Hemingway and the Dead Gods, John Killinger relates Papa's fictional world to existententialism, concluding that Hemingway sees that individuality is not a quality which can be superimposed externally on a man, but that it must be internally achieved by a decision to be at all times an authentic person and to accept the full responsibility of action proper to a primary agent. In his philosophy, as in that of Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and Sartre, the opportunity for such a decision is presented as a moment of crisis, which, for him, is produced by confronting death or violence.


The Mini-Casebook--Easy As Pie, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2002

The Mini-Casebook--Easy As Pie, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Presents a casebook on the song "American Pie" that considers how to define the parameters of short narrative. Describes the creation of an end-of-term cumulative writing project that the authors have successfully employed for the last decade. Discusses how they put together a casebook that teaches the necessary research skills.